The contribution by thunderstorms to the abundances of CO, C2H2, and HCN on Jupiter

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Oct 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985icar...64..112b&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 64, Oct. 1985, p. 112-124.

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Acetylene, Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Composition, Carbon Monoxide, Hydrocyanic Acid, Jupiter Atmosphere, Thunderstorms, Abundance, Atmospheric Models, Energy Dissipation, Lightning, Reaction Kinetics, Shock Tubes, Jupiter, Storms, Abundance, Carbon Monoxide, Hydrogen Cyanide, Source, Lightning, Voyager Missions, Spacecraft Observations, Diffusion, Clouds, Experiments, Atmosphere, Shock Effects, Formation, Acetylene, Infrared, Photolysis, Wavelengths, Clouds, Troposphere, Comparisons, Calculations

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The lightning energy dissipation rate on Jupiter from Voyager's observations is used, together with shock-tube experimental results and reasonable eddy diffusion coefficients for the various atmospheric layers, to compute the column abundances of lightning-produced CO, C2H2, and HCN. The production of CO by lightning in the water cloud and by other processes are examined and it is concluded that the CO is formed from an external source of oxygen or water. The production of acetylene both by lightning above the water cloud and by stratospheric methane photolysis is required to maintain its observed abundance against destruction processes. HCN production by lightning above the water cloud is sufficient to account for its observed abundance and meets the observational requirement of a tropospheric HCN source.

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